Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Department of Occupational Therapy, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Sci Rep. 2023 Jan 31;13(1):1779. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-28818-3.
Kinesio taping (KT) is widely used in sports for performance improvement and injury prevention. However, little is known of the behavior of the muscle region beneath the KT with movement, particularly when the muscle is fatigued. Accordingly, this study investigated the changes in the medial gastrocnemius muscle architecture and fascia thickness when using KT during maximum isometric plantar flexion (MVIC) and badminton lunges following heel rise exercises performed to exhaustion. Eleven healthy collegiate badminton players (4 males and 7 females) were recruited. All of the participants performed two tasks (MVIC and badminton lunge) with a randomized sequence of no taping, KT and sham taping and repeated following exhaustive repetitive heel rise exercise. In the MVIC task, the fascia thickness with the medial gastrocnemius muscle at rest significantly decreased following fatigue induction both without taping and with KT and sham taping (p = 0.036, p = 0.028 and p = 0.025, respectively). In the lunge task, the fascia thickness reduced after fatigue induction in the no taping and sham taping trials; however, no significant change in the fascia thickness occurred in the KT trials. Overall, the results indicate that KT provides a better effect during dynamic movement than in isometric contraction.
肌内效贴布（KT）在运动中被广泛用于提高表现和预防受伤。然而，对于运动时肌内效贴布下肌肉区域的行为变化，特别是在肌肉疲劳时，知之甚少。因此，本研究旨在调查在进行最大等长跖屈（MVIC）和羽毛球弓步时使用肌内效贴布，以及在进行耗尽性脚跟抬高练习后使用肌内效贴布和假贴布时，内侧腓肠肌结构和筋膜厚度的变化。招募了 11 名健康的大学生羽毛球运动员（4 名男性和 7 名女性）。所有参与者均以无贴布、KT 和假贴布的随机顺序重复进行两种任务（MVIC 和羽毛球弓步），并在重复进行耗尽性重复脚跟抬高练习后进行。在 MVIC 任务中，在不使用贴布和使用 KT 和假贴布的情况下，内侧腓肠肌在休息时的筋膜厚度在疲劳诱导后均显著减少（p=0.036、p=0.028 和 p=0.025）。在弓步任务中，在不使用贴布和假贴布的情况下，筋膜厚度在疲劳诱导后减少；然而，在 KT 试验中，筋膜厚度没有发生显著变化。总的来说，结果表明，KT 在动态运动中比在等长收缩中提供更好的效果。
